precisely, should we be praying for with respect to each member of our family—and why? Someone close to us contracts a terminal disease: what should we pray for, and why? For healing? For freedom from pain? For faith and perseverance? For acceptance of what has befallen? And would it make a difference if the person in question were seventy-five years of age as opposed to twenty-nine? Why or why not? Are there some things we may humbly request from God, and others we should boldly claim? If so, what
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